First, some background...

I did a clean fresh base install of Woody 3.0rc1 2.4.18 and then dist-upgrade to sid. I installed module-init-tools and kernel-package. I then compiled the 2.6.5 kernel from the Debian source package. The compile and install went smoothly (I have some other issues, but those are brought up in other threads) and things are reasonably stable.

I compiled ACPI with several switches into the kernel. The kernel is SMP enabled so I did not enable APM... (and this may be where I messed up???).

Now, when I run "shutdown -h now" or "poweroff" the pc runs through the shutdown proceedure and then hangs at:

acpi_power_off called

I have to hold in on the power button for about 5 seconds to shut the pc off. Then to reboot, I have to physically turn the power supply off for a "while" and then back on.

If I reboot into the 2.4.18 kernel, "shutdown -h now" or "poweroff" work fine... It goes through the shutdown proceedure and then everything shuts down cleanly!

Any thoughts or ideas?

Thanks in advance!

compile acpi/apm
if you are not sure your computer use apm or not
compile apm as a module and include enable pm at boot time
add acpi too

you might want to install acpid/apmd too